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Time If Spelling Mastery is cancelled, please take students individually for extra speech support during this time
During classroom support timeslots (not during Guided Reading or Spelling Mastery)
Approximately 5-10 minutes spent with each child in class.
Any extra remaining time, please spend with poor attenders.
Students Emma (D level)
Izyla (D level) – Poor attendance
Davanzo (D level) – Poor attendance
Mathyus (D level) – Poor attendance
Seth-Owen (D level)
Have conversations with students that support:
- Discussion
- Use of new vocabulary about the topic (please utilise word wall)
- Expression of understanding about the topic and instructions
- Encourage students to speak clearly (for Emma this may mean asking her to slow down and focus on her words)
Examples Retell:
of What were the instructions for this activity?
questions Retell the instructions for the activity
or Retell the learning intention – what are we learning?
prompts Reasoning:
to support Can you explain to me why you gave that answer?
speech Why have you used (particular grammar being learnt) there?
during Where else could that be used? Why?
classroom Comparing:
support What is the difference between…..? E.g. what is the difference between a full stop and a question mark, a simple and compound sentence etc.
Where have you seen this type of grammar used before? Did it look the same? Was it used in the same place? E.g. was a comma used for a list or a pause, did it appear in a
book and then on a poster etc.
Explaining:
Can you explain to me what you had to do to complete this activity?
Explain the process you used to get to the answer
Explain what strategies you used to get yourself out of the learning pit
Explain where you think you might be on the learning pit
Explain your next step for the activity
Reflecting:
How are you feeling about this activity?
What would you like more information on?
Are there any questions you have about this activity?
What is your next step? How can you get there?
What do you like/dislike about this activity?
Some Literacy:
topic/new - Procedure
vocabulary - Materials
to be used - Ingredients
- Sequence
- Steps
- Process
- Method
- Verbs
- Conjunction
- Contraction
- Pronoun
- Synonym
Numeracy:
- Change
- Currency
- Amount
- Purchase
- Price
- Graph
- Data
- Collect
- Interpret
- Gather
- Represent
- Information
- Location
- Probability
- Chance